The Duke of Windsor once said that his fair isle sweater was his favorite item of all his clothes because of its geometric patterns and multitude of colors. My response to that remark is hear hear! I have approximately four fair isle sweaters, but pictured below is my favorite. Without question, the pattern has been established as a lasting tradition! Every single season, one can easily find fair isle sweaters in the collections of Ralph Lauren, Brooks Brothers, and J Press. So, go out and grab one, you will love it!
Photo Credit: Polo Ralph Lauren
Photo Credit: Polo Ralph Lauren
17 comments:
All of you readers with an English degree can keep your comments to yourself! I will not post your mindless comments.
And stop acting like eating at Cracker Barrel is a sin! What snobs!
And please, please, stop reading my blog! I have never understood why people keep coming back if they hate it so much! From this day forward, zero negative comments will be posted!
Dear Richard,
I think you might misunderstand your critics. Readers come to your blog because you're truly sui generis, the closest thing the twenty-first century has to a Don Quixote. Your critics are just part of the story. Without your blog, they are nothing; without their comments, this blog is far less interesting.
Sincerely,
S.P.
I thought this blog was about how to look snobby?
Dear Richard,
Yours was one of the first blogs I began reading almost two years ago. I stop leaving comments after being blasted by one of the anonymous morons. I hope you never post negative comments again. It would make reading a blog I enjoy even more gooder (no English degree here).
Excellent. I mean to pick up a Fair Isle vest this autumn. But then I've been saying this for the last 5 years.
I'm happy to see you're using Flashman as your photo. The i-Gents would be shocked and scandalised ("schocked, I tell you!") if they knew what ol' 'Arry got up to with the ladies and wogs.
Good idea. I need one of these sweaters to complete the British look I enjoy during the cooler months.
And you're right. If somebody just wants to slam you, what's the point in posting. It's the 'I hate Richard' thing all over again. It's bizarre.
I prefer a Fair Isle pattern to have a bit more color, as the (ugh) Polo ones do.
The modern cut of vests is a mess. Specifically the arm hole needs to cut in more to avoid the tubular torso look. A deeper v-neck would be great too, particularly when wearing a tie.
Are you actually wearing this stuff before Labor day?
Second photo from the bottom: Can we put the nails into the coffin of this sockless/dress shoe business? Loafers are one thing, but these sockless lace-up idiot stylists are giving me the chills. The rest I like, and good move getting a few of those vests.
Ahh, fair isle. Yet another savory tidbit of fall.
Like the Fair Isle look. You've lost some weight, haven't you?
My least favorite sweater pattern is the Fair Isle. The colours muddy up on me. So I'll take a pass on year's offerings.
Revisit via Netflicks the BBC James Herriott series "All Creatures Great and Small" about Yorkshire Vets back in the 1930s You'll see the proper way of wearing a Fair isle sweater! Not to mention the other English country clothes! Truly fantastic!
I know English majors are now banned. Rightly so, what with their love of literature, command of language, and disturbing ability to aquire numerous sexual partners. Rotters, I say!
I have two history degrees, so I''m hoping to sneak a few comments past our dear host, an increasingly peevish (post-Cracker Barrel indigestion, methinks!!!) gatekeeper.
Dear sir, may I begin with a question?
I know English majors are now banned. Rightly so, what with their love of literature, command of language, and disturbing ability to aquire numerous sexual partners. Rotters, I say!
I have two history degrees, so I''m hoping to sneak a few comments past our dear host, an increasingly peevish (post-Cracker Barrel indigestion, methinks!!!) gatekeeper.
Dear sir, may I begin with a question?
Do you know anything about Edward VIII? In between your panting over his Fair Isle sweaters--by the way, a tough look to pull off, unless you're willing to be called a twat--you might want to read a little history, or if that's too much, have a look at Wikipedia between urgent nighttime emails. World-famous 1930s British PM (that's an abbreviation for "prime minister"--like a US president, but different) Stanley Baldwin sized up Eddie the Eighth for what he was: a terrible, pathetic snob, Nazi appeaser, and all-around weak sister. Hyperventilating over such a character is (a little) like drooling over nation-breaking USSR genocidal tyrant Josef Stalin's fetching, form-fitting tunics . . .
Do you know anything about Edward VIII? In between your panting over his Fair Isle sweaters--by the way, a tough look to pull off, unless you're willing to be called a twat--you might want to read a little history, or if that's too much, have a look at Wikipedia between urgent nighttime emails. World-famous 1930s British PM (that's an abbreviation for "prime minister"--like a US president, but different) sized up Eddie the Eighth for what he was: a terrible, pathetic snob, Nazi appeaser, and all-around weak sister. It's like hailing nation-breaking USSR dictator Josef Stalin for his taste in form-fitting tunics and his choice of pipes (Dunhill, I believe).
Richard--your fulminations (sorry, English major/SAT word) increasingly resemble in tone those of the much-loved 1960s German POW camp sitcom character Colonel Klink!
Not possessing the editorial prowess of the dread English Major (damn them!) my submission was marred by shameful and potentially annoying repetitions. I beg of you to accept this revised version for your delectation (sorry--again with my use of a book-learning word!)
I know English majors are now banned. Rightly so, what with their love of literature, command of language, and disturbing ability to aquire numerous sexual partners. Rotters, I say!
I have two history degrees, so I''m hoping to sneak a few comments past our dear host, an increasingly peevish (post-Cracker Barrel indigestion, methinks!!!) gatekeeper.
Dear sir, may I begin with a question?
Do you know anything about Edward VIII? In between your panting over his Fair Isle sweaters--by the way, a tough look to pull off, unless you're willing to be called a twat--you might want to read a little history, or if that's too much, have a look at Wikipedia between urgent nighttime emails. World-famous 1930s British PM (that's an abbreviation for "prime minister"--like a US president, but different) Stanley Baldwin sized up Eddie the Eighth for what he was: a terrible, pathetic snob, Nazi appeaser, and all-around weak sister. Hyperventilating over such a character is (a little) like drooling over nation-breaking USSR genocidal tyrant Josef Stalin's fetching, form-fitting tunics . . .
Oh no!
Richard, it looks as if the iGents disapprove of your choice of sartorial notables, the Duke of Windsor to be exact.
Repent at once, ol' chum, or the iGents are likely to...to...adjust their monocle or twirl their moustache (or whatever it is iGents do when they're in a self-righteously indignant mood).
Now that the new school year/term is almost upon us, I wonder if WASP 101's share of the undergrad style blog-surfing market will sharply increase, along with their semi-retarded comments?
This should be fun to watch.
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